Conversation: 878-015
Prev: 878-014 Next: 878-016Start Date: 13-Mar-1973 3:01 PM
End Date: 13-Mar-1973 3:12 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On March 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:01 pm to 3:12 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 878-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 878-15
Date: March 13, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:01 pm and 3:12 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
Kissinger's meeting
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-2010)
Conversation No. 878-15 (cont’d)
People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Charles H. Percy's trip
-Children
-State Department
-Note to Chou En-lai
-Affront to President
-Trip
-Percy's presence
-Effect
-Senators and Congressmen
-State Department channels
-Invitations by PRC
-Compared to nomination by Administration
-Percy
-Arrangements
-Percy’s wife
-Harvard Club of Chicago
-Music
-Discussions with Kissinger
-Chou
-Invitations
-Involvement of State Department
-William P. Rogers
-Administration’s selection of Senate invitees
-Senators and Congressmen
-Percy
-Administration supporters
Prisoners of War [POWs]
-President's talk with Col. Robinson Risner and Capt. Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr.
-Reactions to bombing
-North Vietnam
-Kissinger’s visit to Vietnam
-US aid
Aid to North Vietnam
-Public reaction
-Poll
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-2010)
Conversation No. 878-15 (cont’d)
-Vietnam settlement
-Violations
Cambodia
-US bombing
-Emory C. Swank
-Dismissal
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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-Richard M. Helms
-Dr. James R. Schlesinger
Vietnam
-Ho Chi Minh Trail
-Bombing
-Infiltration
-Kissinger's paper
-Withdrawal of troops
-Options
-Risk management
-President’s unpredictability
-North Vietnam’s reactions
-Cambodia
-Cease-fire
-Troop withdrawal
-North Vietnam
-Confusion
-Khmer Rouge
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-2010)
Conversation No. 878-15 (cont’d)
-Control
-Laos
-North Vietnam withdrawal
-Deadline
-Political conditions
-New government
-Aid to North Vietnam
-Presence in Laos
-Infiltration
-North Vietnam
-Troops in Cambodia
-South Vietnam
-Number
-Infiltration
-POWs
-Bombing
-1974
-Buildup
Kissinger left at 3:12 pm.